Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Brazoria County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 51
75
93 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 50
74
92 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 27
38
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 27
38
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 25
35
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 12
14
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Brazoria County
12 Families width 18 Species | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae (Latreille, 1802) | Edible crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Brazoria County
14 Genera with 18 Species | Calappa Weber, 1898 | Box crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callinectes Stimpson, 1966 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cancer Linnaeus, 1767 | Cancer Crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cardisoma Latreille, 1825 | giant land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libinia Leach, 1815 | Spider Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Moreiradromia Guinot & Tav..., 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1787 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ovalipes Rathbun, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Persephona Leach, 1931 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnixa White, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunus Weber, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speocarcinus Stimpson, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Brazoria County
18 Species | Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898 | Yellow box crab | | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | American blue crab | | Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 | Dwarf crab | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 | | Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825 | Blue land crab | | Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758 | Abuete negro | | Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815 | Common Spider Crab | | Moreiradromia antillensis Stimpson, 1858 | Lesser Sponge Crab | | Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | Atlantic ghost crab | | Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918 | Florida lady crab | | Persephona aquilonaris Rathbun, 1933 | | | Persephona crinita Rathbun, 1931 | Pink purse crab | | Pinnixa retinens M. J. Rathbun, 1918 | | | Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) | ⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819 | | Portunus (Portunus) gibbesii Stimpson, 1859 | Iridescent swimming crab | | Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould, 1841 | Dwarf crab | | Speocarcinus lobatus Guinot, 1969 | Gulf Squareback Crab |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Brazoria County
Links, sources and further information Brachyura at artfakta.se
Brachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Brachyura at dyntaxa.se
Brachyura at gbif.org
Brachyura at itis.gov
Brachyura at marinespecies.org
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